Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday (January 15) shared a video on twitter where controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik can be seen claiming that a representative of PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had approached him to support the government over its move to abrogate Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.

Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not raise the issue of the extradition of controversial preacher Zakir Naik during their recent meeting on the sidelines of Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Bin Mohamad on the sidelines of Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia, during which he raised the issue of the extradition of controversial preacher Zakir Naik and also discussed the need for legislative changes to Jammu and Kashmir.

Briefing about their meeting, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said, "PM Modi raised the issue of Zakir Naik and both the parties decided that the officials will keep in touch regarding it and its an important issue for New Delhi."